Autograph time recorder



NOV. 7, 1939. J VON N 2.178.768

AUTOGRAPH T IME RECORDER Filed Sept. 15, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 YE lilll lll-illr IIII I {a :liiiilii llllllllilllll ml l l lllllllllll \NVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 7, 1939. E. J. VON PE!N AUTOGRAPH TIME RECORDER Filed Sept. 15, 1938 s Sheets-Sheet 2 J RNVENTO I g. M75; z BY ATTORNEY Nav, 7 92395 E. J. VON PEIN AUTOGRAPH TIME RECORDER Filed Sept. 15, 1958 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 ENVEIJ'FCBR amw an;

ATTORNEY E. J. vow PEIN 2178.768

AUTOGRAPH TIME RECORDER Npv. 7, 1939.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 7, 1939. E. J. VON PEIN 2,173,763

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PATENT I 2,178,768 AUTOGBAPH TIME aecoansa Edward 3. Von Pein, Endicott, N. Y., assignor to International Business Machines Corporation, New York, N, Y., a corporation of New York Application September 15, 1938, Serial No. 230,013

16 Claims.

This invention relates to a time recorder and more particularly to a machine or the type known as an autograph time recorder in which the person registering identifies himself by placing his signature within a given area of a record sheet adjacent the time record printed by the machine.

Autograph recorders in general use have the undesirable feature that the signatures and time records of any one employee are scattered through the record sheet in accordance with the chronological orders of arrivals and departures of the employees during the day. 'In other words, each time an individual registers, his registration will a be placed on the record sheet directly after the last registration madeon the machine regardless of when that registration was made or who made it. Although machines of this type are commonly used when the number of employees is small, say

from 10 to 15, it is obvious that sucha random so occurrence of an individuals registration makes it more diilicult to examine and analyze than if each individuals registration were grouped together in a single zone.

In accordance with the present invention, a re- 35 corder is provided in which all the registrations made by an individual will appear in an assigned zone on the record sheet. It is proposed to'accomplish this result by rendering the record sheet responsive to three difierent movements. The as hereinafter described machine provides two coacting dificrentials whereby all three movements may be transmitted to the sheet independently of each other. When using the machine incorporating the present invention, the operator will 355 rotate a hand wheel backward or forward, as required, to move his assigned sheet zone into printing position. He then will move a lever to any one of several predetermined positions to move a selected portionof said zone into printgo ing position. This lever is described as manually operated although it will become obvious that it could be operated by time controlled means if desired. Finally, the operator will depress an operating lever which will, in the order named, actuate the printing means, move the selected portion'from printing positionto one adjacent an aperture in the casing, and remove a shutter from said aperture to permit. the operator to write his name on said sheet portion. so It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a time recorder having a record sheet which may he moved forward or backward to effect printing in selected zones.

Another object of this invention is to provide 5s a time recordingdevice' ior printing on a sheet selectively movable to locate different predetermined zones on said sheet in printing position in which the position of each registration within a selected zone may also be selected.

It is a further object of this invention to pro-- 5 vlde an autograph time recorder having means for selecting a sheet zone, additional means for selecting a portion within said zone to receive the record and means for eflecting printing on said portion and thereafter moving it from print- 10 ing position to a predetermined position for receiving a written record.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a time recorder having record sheet positioning means including sprockets for drivl5 ing the sheet and a differential for transmitting movements from two sources to the sprockets for actuating them, in which one of the sources is a manually actuated and the other is a second differential which in turn is actuated by two independently operated levers. Thus, the sheet will be positioned in accordance with the operations or" the wheel and the two levers.

Further objects of the instant invention reside in any novei feature of construction or operation or novel combination of parts present in the embodiment of the invention described and shown in the accompanying drawings whether within or without the scope of the appended claims and irrespective of other specific statements as to the scope of the invention contained herein.

In the drawings:

Fig. i is a plan view of the machine with the casing out as at -ti in Fig. 2 and removed;

Fig. 2 is a side view taken along line 2-2 or Fig. i with certain parts broken away to show other parts;

Fig. 3 is an elevation view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. i;

Fig. i shows the gear and lever arrangementio which positions the record sheet as seen prior to operation;

Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. 4; but shows the arrangement after operation; v

Fig. 6 shows the relation and position of the parts used to guide the record sheet; and

Fig. 7 shows a portion of a record sheet with registrations marked thereon.

As will be seen in Fig. 2, the machine is or the cabinet type with a base 8 and a casing 9. The to top oi casing t has an aperture it therein located as shown by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 1. Directly beneath and normally closing aperture it is a shutter it having an opening l2 therein.

The shutter Ii is supported by two arms I: and

arm i3 (Fig. 2). Operating lever 20 extends outside of the caslngand is designed to be manually pushed downward about its pivot 22 on frame I1. Spring 23 extends from pin 24 on base I' to pin 25 mounted on arm 26 of lever 22 and serves to restore the lever to its upper position and normally maintain it there. Lever 20 is guid-' ed in its movementv by a plate 200 mounted on base 8' and extending upward on one side of lever 20, and a bar 2M on the other side of lever 22 and attached to plate 200 by pins 202 spacers 203 which also serve as upper limit stops. 7

Because of the shape of cam slot 2| it is oband lower vious that when lever 20 is depressed, it will-act during the very last portion of its downward travel to move shutter II to theleft as viewed in Fig. 2. Such movement of the shutter will bring .its opening l2 beneath aperture III and expose a portion of the record sheet 21. As will be explained hereinafter, the portion of the record sheet thus exposed 'is that preselected portion upon which the operator desires to write his name.

The record sheet 21 has a series of spaced holes 28 aligned lengthways of the sheetne'ar each margin as shown in Fig. 7. The sheet may have preprinted thereon any desired lines 28 as well as the words "In, Out, A. M. and P. M." seen along the left 'margin, the illustrated data relative to the day and time to be printed by the machine. Two pairs of sprocket wheels, an upper 30 and a lower 3|, (Figs. I and 6) carryproiections 22 which fit into the spaced holes 28 to drive the sheet 21. Sprockets 20 are mounted on shaft 33 and sprockets II on shaft ll, both of these shafts being icurnaled in frames 11 and i8. A separator or guide member including two sections it and 38 is mounted between frames l1 and I8 and serves to keep theends of record sheet 21 from becoming entangled with each other and with other parts of the machine. The path of the sheet 21 is from *below guide 35 to sprockets 2|, thence upwardly past 2 theprinting means (to be hereinafter described) over roller 31, mounted between frames?" and I8, and horizontally beneath aperture II and shutter II to sprockets. From sprockets ll the sheet goes downwardly and forwardly above guide sections 26 and. 85. The sheet 21 is held in position on sprockets "and II by rollers 22 and 31!, respectively, whose axles 42 and ii are carried by levers" and 42 which are respectively pivoted at 44 and ll between the side frames and biased toward their related sprockets by individual springs 46 and 41.

On the right end of shaft as, which carries sprockets 20, is mounted a gear 42 (Fig. 1). An identical gear is mounted on the right end of shaft 34 which carries sprockets Si. Both gears 48 and 49 are engaged by the same gear Iii!v which drives them simultaneouslyto move the record sheet (Figs. 3, 4, and 5). Gears 2 mid 49 are'adjustably mounted on the ends of their respective shafts to permit adjustment of the sprockets relative to each other to obtain the'proper amount of slack in the record ying and to obtaln the correct relation of the sheet to the printing line. Any of the well-known adjustable mountings may be used such as a threaded holeformed in the end of the shaft beyond a tapered hole therein, the shaft split and a tapered head'screw I inserted to expand the shaft inside the gear.

At the rear of the machine proper is a type head composed largely of parts in common use in recorders. A side plate 52 has a suitable electric motor 54 fastened thereto by bolts 5! and held from the plate by spacers It. The shaft 51 of the motor has fixed thereto a cam 52 (Fig. 3) making one revolution per minute and cooperating with a cam wiper I! which is pivotally mounted on stud it fixed to the side plate 52. The cam wiper i2 is biased counterclockwise by spring GI and is rigidly attached to a pawl arm 62 by means of a rivet 63, said pawl arm also being pivoted on stud 80. The pawl arm 62 carries a pawl 64 pivotally mounted thereon and biased in a counterclockwise direction by spring It to cooperate with a ratchet wheel 88 attached to a type wheel 61 and mounted on stud I fixed to the side plate. A plurality of type wheels pcsitioned as at 61a (Fig. 6) are provided, each having a cooperating ratchet wheel and pawl for actuating same. These wheels constitute the day wheel, hour wheel, tens of minutes wheel, and

the units of minutes wheel.

The carry-over or transfer from the units to the tens to the hour to the day wheel isaccomplished in the well known manner, fully described in numerous patent disclosures such'as. for example, Patent No. 771,494. As this method is old and well-known in the art and plays no part in the present invention, no further explana-. I

.tion is deemed necessary.

An endless ribbon O1 is provided which is carried across the face of the type wheels and around the timing uni on rollers 12, said rollers being supported by; pins 1| fixed to the side plate. Tension is placed on the ribbon through roller 12 which is mounted on a pin 12 carried by lever 14. The lever 14 is pivoted on stud 15 carried by plate 52 and is biased in a clockwise direction by spring 18. The ribbon also passes over a driving roller 11 pivotally mounted on the side plate and provided with suitable absorbent material which may be impregnated with ink to keep the ribbon constantly supplied. This driving roller has fixed to it a ratchet wheel 12 the ratchet 12 and to the left against stud 8B which acts as a stop. A projection 21 from lever 22 is positioned to engage bell crank lever 22 when lever 22 is depressed to cause pawl 12- to bemoved to the right (Fig. 2) to .118880 another tooth on ratchet wheel 12. The return of lever 22 to its .upper position permits spring 24 to.

pull pawl 12 to the left to advance the ribbon.

Side plate I2 is pivoted at "Jo brackets I. fixed on 'base I but is normally'held in the position illustrated by thumb screw ll (Fig. 1). This screw 22 extends through a sleeve ll fixed onframe l1 and into a nut 02 fixed on link II which is-adiustably secured to plate 22 by bolts 94. Means (not shown) are provided in sleeve 9| to prevent screw 90 from falling out when it is screwed out of nut 82. The type head also carries a blur shield 85 between the ribbon t9 and the sheet 2I with a suitable opening directly in front of the tym wheels.

A printing hammer 96 (Fig. 6) provided with a platen 91, is freely pivoted on a shaft 98 extending across the machine and journaled on frames I1 and I8. An arm 99 is fixed on shaft 08 and has a projection I against which-the edge of hammerv 98 rests inasmuch as spring IOI interconnects projection I00 and pin I02 on arm 08. A cam I03 (Fig. 2) is attached to the outer end of shaft 08 and is pulled counterclockwise by spring I04 against stop pin I05 on frame II. A pawl I06 engages a notch in cam I03 and is pivoted at'I0'Ion the upper end of lever I08, the pawl being held against said cam by spring I09. Lever I08 is pivoted at its lower end on stud IIO fixed on frame II. A link III connects lever I08 and arm 26 of lever 20, being pivotally connected to arm 26 at In and to lever I08 at H3. Thus, when lever is depressed, link III will rotate lever I08 counterclockwise, the pawl I08 turning cam I03 against its spring I04 to draw the hammer 9B clockwise. As the pawl passes on it releases the cam whose spring I04 quickly returns it to stop pin I05 where the shaft 90 is arrested. However, the spring IOI allows the hammer 96 momentarily causing the print to be made. It will be readily understood that because of the high leverage on lever I08, the printing opera: tion will occur during the very first part of the downward motion of operating lever 20 and that when lever 20 is again moved to its upper posi- -tion by spring 23, the pawl I00 will be re-engaged with the notch in cam I03.

There are three different ways of turning the sprockets and moving the record sheet. First, the hand wheel. II4 (Fig. 1) is employed to select the individual zone in which the registration is to'be made. Second, the lever H5 is employed to select the desired position within the selected zone. Third, the operating lever 20 is used to effect movement ofthe record sheet from printing to writing position.

The hand wheel II4 is located on the side of the cabinet and is divided into sixteen equal parts, fifteen of which are numbered along the periphery of the wheel with the sixteenth space left blank. One of these numbers is assigned to each employee who, when registering, turns the ample, the shaft may be tapered on its inner end and have an annular groove a short distance from that end. Then as the shaft is pushed into the sleeve, the tapered end-opens the spring clip which drops into the groove when the shaft is in place and tends to, hold it there. A collar I22 .is fixed to shaft H6 and has a key'pin I23 fitting into keyway I24 (Fig. 3) in sleeve II! in only one position of the shaft relative to the sleeve. It is to be noted here that suitable means,

' teeth which form notches I28, the shaft I6 will to overthrow such as a pin on shaft H6 and a slot in casing 9 (not shown), are provided to prevent the hand wheel from being. removed exceptin the number one position.

A locating disc I25 is mounted on sleeve II! to' 5 be turned by handwheel H4. The disc I25 is also divided into 16 equal spaces corresponding to those on hand wheel II4 with one blank space and the other fifteen having notches such as at I28. A roller I21 is carried on arm mounted on shaft I6 and biased toward disc I25 by spring I29. The roller cooperates with notches I25 to yieldably position the disc in its various positions, the blank space on disc I25 serving as a stop at the number one and number fifteen positions. A gear I3I is also mounted on sleeve II! to be turned by hand 'wheel II4 to effect movement of the record sheet in a manner to be hereinafter explained.

As previously mentioned, shaft I8 which carries arm I28 extends across the machine. Mounted on the opposite end of this shaft from arm I28 is a locking arm I30 (Fig. 2). It is evident that as the roller I21 rides to the top of the be rotated clockwise as viewed in Fig. 2 which motion will be imparted to arm I30. Likewise, arm I30 will be in its extreme left or counterclockwise position when the roller is at the bottom of a notch. 'Pin I9 carried by lever 20 is of such size that during downward motion of lever 20, it will pass the top of arm I30 only if the latter is in its extreme left position. Thus,

if the setting made with the hand wheel should leave the roller slightly out of the bottom of the selected notch, depression of lever 20 will act through pin I9 and arm I30 to cause the roller to seat in its notch bringing the mechanism to its exactly located point. If the hand wheel setting leaves the roller very far out of the bottom of the notch, the pin I9 will hit on top of arm I30 locking lever 20 in its upper position. This prevents printing of the time in the wrong place on the record sheet. It is also apparent that when lever 20 is depressed, pin I8 and arm I30 will cooperate to lock the hand wheel in place.

Lever M5 (Fig. 3) s a bell-crank pivoted on frame I8 at I32 with its longer arm extending upwardthrough the top of casing 0. The upper end of lever M5 is designed to be moved manually back and forth in a slot in the casing and in a slot I33 (Fig. l) in a bracket I34 secured on top of frame I8. Bracket I34 has a series of four notches located at equal distances along slot I33 for holding lever H5 in any one of four positions, which positions may correspond to A. M. in, A. M. out, 1?. M. in, and P. M. out as the lever is moved from its top to its bottom positions as viewed in Fig. l. The upper end of lever H5 is so shaped as to have a natural resiliency permitting movement in and'out of the notches.

The operating lever 20 has a cam slot I35 therein, as shown in Fig. 2, through which projects a pin I38 carried on the end of arm I31 which is mounted on shaft I38. This shaft extends across the machine, being journaled in frames I? and I8, and will be turned counterclockwise through the action of cam I35 on 7 pin I36 when lever 20 is depressed. As explained before, the first part of the downward movement of'lever 20 will operate the printing means and the last part will operate the shutter. Cam I35 is designed to rotate shaft I38 to effect movement of record sheet 21 after the printing operation and prior to the shutter operation.

In considering the three reasons and methods for moving the record sheet 21, it becomes apparent that each method must accomplish its own result independently of the other methods. Two coacting differentials are provided, linked together to permit the three separate actions to take place. One of these is a gear differential and one a lever differential and these will now be described.

The selection of the zone is the first movement given the record sheet 21. As can be seen in Fig. 7, movement of the sheet a distance of three sprocket holes 28 will move the sheet from one zone to the same position in the adjacent zone. Since there are six teeth on the sprockets 30 and M, the required movement is 180 angular degrees thereof. This movement is to be accomplished by V of a revolution or 22% angular degrees on hand wheel I. As previously set forth, gear I3I is directly connected to the hand wheel and therefore in turning from number 1 to number 2 position will turn 22 degrees counterclockwise (Figs. 3 and 4). In mesh with gear I3I is an equi-toothed gear I39 which turns on shaft I40 journaled in frames I9 and H8 but which is not fixed thereto. Gear I39 then turns 22% degrees clockwise and is in mesh with gear I in a 2 to 1 tooth ratio so that the latter gear rotates counterclockwise about its shaft I42. Gear I4I engages an equi-toothed gear I43 to turn the latter 45 clockwise about its hub I44 which turns freely on shaft I45 (Figs. 4 and 5) which is the stem of a bolt. A larger gear I43 is mounted on the same hub I44 and is thereby rotated 45 clockwise. Gears I4I, I43 and I43 are mounted between two plates I41 and I43 forming a secondary frame in which shaft I42 is iournaled. Plates I41 and I43 are separated by spacers but rigidly held together by bolts I49 and I45 and pivoted on shaft I40. Thus, shafts I42 and I45 and their gears I4.I, I43 and I48 constitute a gear differential which may be rotated bodily about pivot I40.

Gear I45 is in mesh with a smaller gear I50 in a 2 to 1 tooth ratio to rotate the latter 90 degrees counterclockwise about shaft I40 to which it is fixed. Gear 50 is also fixed to shaft I40 and engages sprocket gears 43 and 49 inc. 2 to 1 tooth ratio to rotate them 180 clockwise as desired.

Obviously the number of degrees and direction of rotation of the gears will be altered from that described in accordance with the number of the starting zone and that of the desired zone but the relationship ofthe gears will result in the I proper operation.

The next movement .of the record sheet is to the selected position within thedesired zone and is accomplished by moving lever I I5. However, for the present, it shall be assumed that the position selection has been made and the desired portion of the record sheet is in printing position. Lever 20 is then depressed to first eifect printing and then to move that portion of the record sheet to a point directly beneath aperture II. The machine is so designed that a rotation of the sprockets through 180 degrees will move the sheet the desired amount.

Immediately after the printing operation, arm I31 (Fig. 2) will be moved to rotate shaft I33 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 3. Such rotation of shaft I38 will move arm I5I which is secured thereto from the position shown in .iust move the record sheet from Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 5. The movable end of arm I5I is pivotally attached to differential lever I52 at I53. The other end of lever i 52 is connected to the short arm I54 of lever II5 by link I55 which is pivotally attached to said arm and lever at I55 and I51, respectively. End I51 of lever I52 will therefore remain stationary as long as lever H5 is locked in its selected position. A link I53 is pivoted at the center I59 oi lever I52 and "connects same to shaft I45 mounted on plates I41 and I48. Thus, when arm I5i is moved from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that of Fig. 5, the differential lever I52 will act through link I53 to move the gear differential clockwise about shaft I40 for 18 angular degrees, the amount determined by the shape of cam slot I35.

In describing the individual gear movements resulting from movement of the geardififerential about shaft I40, the movement of gear I50 will be considered in two parts for clarity although both movements occur simultaneously.

When the gear differential is moved 18 degrees about shaft I40, gear I39 is held stationary through gear I3I, disc I25 and roller I21 as previously explained. Therefore,. gear I 4! will roll'around I39 for 18 degrees and will rotate itself 36 degrees in a clockwise direction. Gears I43 and I45 will then be turned an equal number of degrees counterclockwise. Gear I45 meshes with gear I50 to rotate it 72 degrees clockwise.

This part of the movement has resulted from the movement of shaft I43 about gear I39.

Now an additional movement is gained by virtue of the movement of shaft I45 about gear I50. This latter movement is the same as would be obtained if gear I 4| was not in mesh with I39 and was locked together with gear I43 while the differential was moved 18 degrees clockwise about the center of gear I50. In other words the first described movement of the teeth of gear I 46 is caused by the movement of the teeth in gears I43 and I, but in addition gear I46 is bodily moved 18 degrees about gear I50 to rotate same an additional 18 degrees clockwise. Thus, the total rotation of gear I50 is equal to the sum of these two movements or 90 degrees clockwise. This rotation is transferred through gear 50 to sprocket gears 43 and 49 resulting in 180 degrees counterclockwise rotation thereof which will the printing to the autographing position.

It is apparent that'each time lever 20 is depressed, the gear difl'erential will be turned 18 degrees on shaft I40 regardless of the relative position of end I51 of differential lever I52. End

I 51 is movable by lever II5 prior to the printing operation toselect the registration position within the desired zone. Snce 180 degrees rotation of the sprocketsmoved the record sheet a total of four positions and was accomplished by an '18 degree movement of the gear differential, movement from one position to an adjacent one will require 45 degrees sprocket rotation or 4 degrees gear differential movement. The notches in bracket I34 are spaced to result in raising or lowering point I51 sufficiently to roiate the gear differential 4% degrees about shaft I 40 in moving lever I I5 from one notch to the next one.

For the purpose of explanation, let it be assumed that lever H5 is moved one notch to the left as viewed in Fig. 4. End I51 of lever I52 will be raisedsumciently to cause the gear differential to be rotated 4 degrees counterclockwise about shaft I4l. -Gear I then rolls clockwise. Gear 50 is turned an equal amount to rotate gears 48 and 49 and their sprockets 45 degrees clockwise, the desired amount.

Briefly, the, operation of the machine is as follows: The employee turns the hand wheel H4 backward or forward to his assigned number which results in movement of the assigned zone .on the record sheet to in front of the type wheels.

He then moves lever H5 forward or backward to the desired notch which results invmovement of the selected line on the record sheet within the selected zone to printing position. The operating lever 20 is then depressed resulting in three operations in sequence. First the time is printed. Then the sheet is moved to bring the selected line beneath aperture I and lastly, the

shutter is moved exposing thatline of the record sheet. The lever 20 is manually held down while the employee writes his name on the exposed portion of the'record sheet. Release of lever 20 closes the shutter, returns the record sheet to its position prior to the depressing of lever 20 and re-latches'the printing hammer.

When a record sheet is complete after a day's registration,

ter Ii is lifted manually, roller. supports $2 and 43 lifted or depressed as the case might be, and

, the record sheet removed: The new sheet is in serted and since the mechanism 'will always he at the same zonesetting, the sheetmay have a mark thereon corresponding to a mark on the sprockets to insure proper threading of the sheet.

Although the machine illustrated includes a manual lever for selecting the registration posi-' tion within each zone, it is sometimes desirahie that this he done automatically in accordance with the time of registration. It is obvious that such automatic selectionmay be easily accom plished by positioning end- I5? of lever 952 by means of a time controlled program wheel or other well-known time controlled movements.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features oi the invention as applied to a single modification, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and de tails of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It

is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a time recorder. record printing means,

a record sheet, sheet driving means adapted to move the sheet in either of two opposite direc-,

tions, means for selectively actuating said driving means various predetermined amounts in the suitable one of said directions to move a desired sheet zone into printing position, and means sitio it is removed and a new sheet insorted: To remove the record sheet, hand wheel H5 is turned to .its number one position. At

. producing the other j ating said smond differential to portion of said acne manually operatedlever ior efiecting operation move the sheet, driving means for rotating said wheels, manual means for selectively actuating said driving means any one of a plurality of predetermined amounts to move a desired sheet zone into printing position, and means .for independently and selectively actuating said driving means any one mined smaller amounts to move a selected portion of said zone into printing position.

3. A time recorder including a record sheet for receiving both a printed and a written record at each recording, a casing having an aperture adjacent said sheet, record printing means, sheet engaging means for moving the sheet, driving means for said engaging means, a plurality of means for independently and selectively actuating said driving means various amounts to move a selected portion ofthe sheet into printing poand an operating lever for operating said printing means driving means a predetermined amount to move said selected portion from printing position to one adjacent said aperture," whereby a.written record may he placed on said portion through the aperture.

a. In a time recorder including a record sheet, sheet positioning means comprising means for driving the sheet, a diiiferential for transmitting movements from two sources to said driving means, manually actuated means for producing one-source oi movement, a second difierential for source of movement, and a plurality of independently operated means for actuating said second sheet will he positioned in accordance with the operation or said manual means and said plurality of means.

5. A time recorder including record printing means, a r cord sheet, a casing having an aperture adjacent the sheet, 'means for driving said sheet, a difierential for transmitting movements of a plurality of predeter and thereafter, actuating said differential, whereby said actuated means for producing one source of movement, said means being selectively operable to move a selected sheet zone to printing position, a second differential for producing the other sourceof movement, means for selectively actu-.. move a desired into printing position, and a of said printing means and thereafter actuating said second difierential to move said sheet portion from printing position to one adjacent said aperture.

6. In a time recorder including a record sheet, means for moving said sheet, a gear train for actuating said means, manual means for driving said gear train, said train including a gear difierential constantly enmeshed in said train but bodily movable relative to the remainder thereof,

and means for bodily moving said differential, whereby the position of the sheet will depend upon the-combined eflects of said manual means and said differential moving means upon said sheetmoving means.

?. In a time recorder inc uding a record sheet having a series of holes therein, sheet positioning mechanism comprising sprocket wheels having teeth for insertion in said holes to drive the sheet, means for actuating said wheels including a gear, a second gear rotatable at will, a gear differential interconnecting said first and second gears, said differential being bodily movable relative to said gears -but constantly enmeshed therewith, and means for bodily moving said differential, whereby the position of the sheet will result from the combination of said second gear rotation and said diiferential movement.

8. In a time recorder including record printing means, a record receiving sheet, sheet driving means including a gear, a second gear, a gear differential interposed between and having constant engagement with said first and second gears, means for rotating said second gear to various selective positions'to move a desired sheet zoneinto printing position, a movable support for said differential, means for latching said second gear in its selected position, whereby movement of said support will actthrough the differential to, operate said driving means, and means for selectively moving said support a variable amount to move a selected portion of said sheet zone into printing position.

9. A time recorder including a record receiving sheet, a casing having an aperture adjacent said sheet, record printing means, sheet positioning mechanism including a gear train and manual means engaged therewith for driving same, said manual means being settable in various selective positions to move a desired portion of said sheet into printing position, means for latching said manual means in its selected position, said gear train including a gear differential arranged to be constantly enmeshed in said train, a movable support for said diflerential whereby movement of the support will eii'ect movement of said sheet,

and an operating lever for initiating printing and thereafter moving said support to move said selective positions desired portion from printing position to a point adjacent said aperture. I

10. In a time recorder including a record sheet,

a supporting frame, sheet moving means, a gear for driving said means, a second gear rotatable at will, -.a secondary frame, said first and second gears and secondary frame being pivotally mounted independently on the same axis on said supporting frame, a gear differential carried by said a secondary frame to interconnect said first and second gears and arranged to have coolant engagement therewith, and means for moving said secondary frame about its pivot, whereby said differential will be bodily moved relative to said gears and the position of the sheet will depend upon the combined effects of said second gear rotation and said differential movement.

11. A time recorder including record printing means, a record receiving sheet, a casing having an aperture adjacent said sheet, a supporting frame, sheet driving means including a gear, a second gear, a secondary frame, said first and second gears and secondary frame being pivotally mounted independently on, the same axis on said supporting frame, a gear differential carried by said secondary frame and having continual engagement with said gears to interconnect same, means for rotating said second gear to various to move a desired portion of said sheet into printing position, means for latching said second gear in its selected position, and an operating lever for initiating printing and thereafter rotating said secondary frame and means, a record receiving sheet, a casing having 5 an aperture adjacent said sheet, sheet moving means, a gear train for actuating said means,

gear train driving means settable to various selective positions to move a desired sheet zone into printing position, means for latching said driving means in its selected position, said gear train including a gear differential arranged to be constantly enmeshed in said train but bodily movable relative to the remainder thereof to effect sheet movement, means for bodily moving said differential, means for actuating said latter means a selected amount to move a selected portion of said sheet zone into printing position, and an operating lever for initiating printing and thereafter actuating said differential moving means a predetermined amount to move said selected portion from printing position to one adjacent said aperture.

13. In a time recorder including a record sheet, means for moving said sheet, a gear train for actuating said means, manual means for driving said gear train at will, said gear train including a gear differential constantly enmeshed in said train but bodily movable relative to the remainder thereof, a lever differential connected to said gear differential for bodily moving same, and a plurality of independently operated means for actuating said lever differential, whereby the position of said sheet will depend upon the combined efiects of said driving means and said plu-- rality of independent means.

14. In a time recorder including a record sheet, means for moving said sheet, a gear train for actuating said means, manual means for driving said gear train at will, said train including a gear differential constantly enmeshed in said train but bodily movable relative to the remainder thereof, a lever, a link connecting said differential to said lever intermediate the ends thereof, means connected with one end of said lever to actuate same and move said differential, and means operable independently of said last mentioned means and second gears and said secondary frame being pivotally mounted independently on the same axis on said supporting frame, a gear difierential carried by said secondary frame and having constant engagement with said first and second gears to interconnect same. a lever, a link connecting said frame to-said lever intermediate the ends thereof, whereby movement of said lever will rotate said secondary frame and act through said differential to rotate said connected with one end of said lever to actuate it, and-means operable; independently of said last mentioned means and arranged to actuate the other end of said lever.

16. A time recorder including record printing means, a record receiving sheet, a casing having an aperture adjacent said sheet, means for moving said sheet, a gear train for actuating said means, manual means engaged with said gear train and settable in various selective positions to move a desired sheet zone into printing position, means for latching said manual means in its selected position, said gear train including a first gear, means 2,178,768 I i a gear differential constantly enmeshed in said train but bodily movable relative to the remainder thereof, a lever connected intermediate its ends to said differential to bodily move same to effect sheet movement, means connected with one end of said lever to selectively actuate the lever in variable amounts to move a selected portion of said zone into printing position, means for latching said last mentioned means in place, and an operating lever for initiating printing and connected with the other end of said differential moving lever to thereafter actuate said other end to move said selected portion from printing posi- 5 tionto one adjacent said aperture.

EDWARD J. VON PEEL 

